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I would just call that Mignola-influenced if it's not his work.

A drawing of Val in a dress which says on it, "MEETING COMICS WILL BE AT NOICE NORFOLK VIRGINIA FEBRUARY 28"

Today I will be at NOICE selling books, comics, stickers, art, and dupes from my Blondie fan club collection! Get some Meeting Comics and a signed Debbie Harry photo!

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I don't think this was a response to the time I saw a lady taking her miniature service horse into the food co-op and roasted her for taking it in the out door, it was probably more of a general thought. But I'm not sure!

Val is upset and reeling upon seeing Deb's service pig. Val says, "no." Don says, "hypomanic episode pig! Don't knock it, Val! Maybe there's an animal that could help you!"

Here's today's Classic Meeting Comics! I chose my favorite panel as opposed to the first one for the preview. This drawing still cracks me up years later meetingcomics.thecomicseries.com

Don, Val, Kevin, and Thomas are holding a giant novelty check. Mike, the CEO says, "congratulations to Don and his management team for heading up the most profitable department this year."

I missed posting about yesterday's Classic Meeting Comics because I was getting my license renewed, getting my car inspected, and driving to Norfolk, VA for NOICE, Norfolk's Original Indie Comix Expo! meetingcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/71/

Thanks for the kind words! I have occasionally made minicomics since I was in college in the 90s, and dabbled in other ways on and off but it wasn't until Meeting Comics that life and my mind conspired to create a situation where it could happen on an ongoing basis!

A screenshot from the NC DMV website saying that there are currently 45 walk-in customers ahead of me

Never thought I would say this, but thank God I live around the corner from the DMV

"Jucika is looking for a job". bizonyitvány-certificate életrajz-biography Lúdas Matyi -("Matyi the Goose-boy") was a satirical weekly magazine published in Hungary during 1945–1993

The idea that artists peak at 30 is obviously absurd to most middle aged and older artists. I know it could seem true and scary to young people though, so it's good people are rebutting it. I didn't start making comics consistently until I was 43, and I've gotten better at comics and art in general.

Two guys standing around a fire (they're burning a pair of boots) with beers. The first guy says, "So you're burning your shoes because the shoe industry hired a guy who doesn't like police brutality?" The second guy (Officer White, off duty in a shirt that says BLUE LIVES etc) says, "Damn right." The first guy says, "What do you think of the clothing industry's anti-gun stance? #comics #altcomix

Today's Classic Meeting Comics features Officer White standing up for his beliefs. I think this was a reaction to Colin Kaepernick doing an ad campaign with Nike (back before he was involved in a bullshit AI comics startup)?

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A drawing of Tina and Ellie from meeting comics.

Another Tina and Ellie sketch

He likes me! He's just not committed to the pet lifestyle. He is neutered though, so que sera sera.

A big cat showing me his belly on my deck

The big boy

A sketch of Tori from meeting comics, from the back, wearing booty shorts, a very short shirt, and clunky ass heels.

Lunch break sketch: another Tori pin up

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

A Meeting Comics panel. Val is shopping in casual garb. She is carrying a purse and talking on her cell phone. There's a sandwich board sign that says "SALE union-busting prices on everything." A voice from her phone says, "Val! What are you doing for Labor Day?" Val responds, "Running errands... wearing my white pants for the last time this year."

In today's Classic Meeting Comics, Val bucks societal trends with Don's help (this was clearly before I figured out that Val needed zero help bucking societal trends, but I was getting there).

I like this drawing (and the next panel's!) regardless

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A color sketch in ink and marker of Tina and Ellie. Tina is wearing a red dress and Ellie is wearing a jacket, a crop top with a carrot on it, and pants

A very quick (maybe 10 minutes) Tina and Ellie Tina and Ellie color sketch. I'm still trying to zero in on their new look before they appear in a comic in the future and one thing I have learned is the details that stick when I draw characters fast tend to be the important ones but not always

A Meeting Comics panel. Gil says, "Yo,my brothers. It has come to my attention that Val is b-b-b-bangin'! Either of y'all ever tap that ass?" Kevin says, "I'm married." Thomas says, "I'm not trying to date my boss." #comics #altcomix

Hey, it's another Classic Meeting Comics you can go read. Not fully cooked, frankly, but I was figuring it out! meetingcomics.thecomicseries.com

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Eensy Weensy the cat sitting in my lap and slobbering

We all get a little slobbery sometimes

The Artists' Guide to Self-Promotion
1. Apologize for promoting your work.
2. Be sure to mention that it's nothing special.
3. Never accept money for your work from the only people who want to give it to you (friends, peers, and family).
4. Don't worry! Your genius will be recognized in short order!

washington post headline saying "the power of AI transfixed wall st and washington. recent research suggests it may be a mirage" as if these idiots just crawled out of a cave

oh word???? no shit????? for real????????

People who idealize all-nighters probably just miss being young.

Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a “rookie mistake.”

Meta's director of AI safety allowed an AI agent to... accidentally delete her inbox. This is supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests

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A Meeting Comics panel. Kevin is talking to his dad, who is wearing a US Navy cap and an oxygen cannula, typing at a laptop. Kevin: Dad, I swear to you, Antifa is not a pedophile group. Dad: Not what it says on facebook. Kevin: You have to stop believing everything you see on there. Dad: I'm no dummy. I can tell what's fake. Kevin: Jesus, dad. #comics #altcomix

Today's Classic Meeting Comics features the first appearance of Kevin's dad:
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"Jucika's Holiday Trip"

A drawing of Tori from Meeting Comics / The Val Cannon Mysteries. She's just wearing long socks or stockings and boots and is filming something with a VHS camera.

Tori with video camera circa 1997

"Unalive" "grape" "seggs" This has got to stop. Do people hear themselves? Its like talking to a particularly sensitive toddler. We can't remove serious words from our language just because we're afraid some fickle algorithm will show our posts to less people